Which Direction Are We Walking?
Which Direction Are We Walking in the video above? North, East, South or West? There are clues in the the trees, the light, the mud,…
Which Direction Are We Walking in the video above? North, East, South or West? There are clues in the the trees, the light, the mud,…
A distrail is the clear path through a cloud formed in the wake of an aircraft. Distrails form because the aircraft turns the water droplets…
Weld (Reseda luteola) is a tall, hairless biennial plant found on dry ground. It grows up to 1.5m tall and has green-yellow flowers. It thrives…
When looking at any grassy area, it is easy to see a uniform swathe of green. But if we stop and peer, we find that…
My thanks to Tim Crook for his very interesting emails and for permission to share here. Hi Tristan You suggested getting in touch if we…
Moss is important in natural navigation, but not the quick easy method that many seem to think. I’ve written about the challenge of using moss…
Study the picture above. Can you read the story? My thanks to Kate Shaw for sending me the photos above and below that help tell…
A Smile Path is a short curved detour around an obstacle or problem. Unlike desire lines or paths, smile paths are not shortcuts, they very…
Footpaths are, to state the obvious, established routes for walkers between two points. But paths are born. First one, then two, then more people decide…
Common Centaury – Centaurium erythraea – is a small pretty flower, with five pink petals and a yellow centre. It is found in fairly dry…
The Nettle-leaved bellflower, Campanula trachelium, is found in low-level calcareous woodland, flowering from June to September. It needs some disturbance to the soil to thrive.…
Pineappleweed – matricaria discoidea – is a sign someone has been there before you. It is a trampling-tolerant plant, commonly found on paths.
I had a bit of fun on a short walk in the beautiful Clwydian Range of hills recently, using a very simple technique that hovers…
Day in, day out, paths experience a different life to that of their verges. Very often there is undergrowth on each side of a path,…